Professional Speech Communication

This is an intensive seven-and-a-half-week course designed to give students practice creating and then delivering some of the most common types of speeches or presentations that mid-level career professionals might be called upon to make in the course of their employment. Students will be required to speak each week that the class meets, and during the last half-week of class. Students will be required to revise their work in response to weekly feedback from the instructor and from their peers. Students will also be exposed to various computer-based presentational tools in this course. Note: This course is not applicable to the Communication Studies major, to the Business Communication/Corporate Communication major, or to the Communication Studies minor.